Lexic.us

Definition of Screwball

1. Adjective. Foolish; totally unsound. "A screwball proposal without a prayer of working"

2. Noun. A whimsically eccentric person.

3. Noun. A pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown.

Definition of Screwball

1. Noun. (baseball) A pitch thrown with added pressure by the index finger and a twisting wrist motion resulting in a motion to the right when thrown by a right-handed pitcher. ¹

2. Noun. (American English) One who behaves in a crazy or screwball manner. ¹

3. Adjective. (American English) Crazy, offbeat, bizarre, zany, or weird. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Screwball

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Screwball

screw the pooch screw this screw thread screw threads screw top screw tops screw tree screw up screw with screw worm infection

screw wrench screwability screwback screwball (current term) screwball comedies screwball comedy screwballer screwbean screwbean mesquite screwbeans

screwcapped screwdriver screwdrivers screwed screwed the pooch screwed up

Literary usage of Screwball

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Baseball Goes to War by William B. Mead (1998)
"Before that, I had just a screwball and a curve ball; my fast ball was never too ... The batters used to start leaning out over the plate for the screwball; ..."

2. Baseball Goes to War by William B. Mead (1998)
"Before that, I had just a screwball and a curve ball; my fast ball was never too ... The batters used to start leaning out over the plate for the screwball; ..."

3. My Tiny Life: Crime and Passion in a Virtual World by Julian Dibbell (1998)
"... under cover of an unregistered second character she called screwball, in the questionable practice of signing a single petition two times. ..."

4. Jacques Loeb: His Science and Social Activism and Their Philosophical by Charles Rasmussen, Rick Tilman (1998)
"... at Chicago: "He ... was one of the few supporters of Thorstein Veblen, though he told his son he thought 'Veblen's inclinations were a bit screwball'. ..."

5. Jacques Loeb: His Science and Social Activism and Their Philosophical by Charles Rasmussen, Rick Tilman (1998)
"... were a bit screwball'."19 In a footnote Pauly continues: 'The only element of Veblen's thought that Loeb took seriously was his 'instinct of 16. ..."

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